Phonograph-record holder



and on the bar 18. This latter bar I have termed a fulcrum bar becauseany of the records may be pushed backw'ardly or inwardly on this bar asa fulcrum as indicated finished appearance.

in dotted lines, when removing a record as explained hereinafter. Theupper bar 19 limits such inward movement of the disk records. Inorder tohold the partitions in alignment and for preventing the rods 14: and 15from bulging outwardly, I employ retaining or, molding strips 21 and 22.These strips also cover the ends of the partitions and give to therecord holder a The position that the records will assume in the cabinetis shown in Figs. 2 and 5 and from an inspection of the latter figure itwill be apparent how the separators yield or move along their supportingrods to accommodate records of greater than usual thickness.

The storage capacity of the cabinet may be doubled by having two rows ofsepara tors, one dis osed above the other as shown in Fig. 3, w ereinthe lower-row of records rests upon the cross bar18 and the spacers 16carried upon the supporting rod 15, while the upper row of records restupon a similar bar 18 and similar spacers 16 carried upon the rod 15. inthis instance covers the upper ends of the lower separators and thelower ends of the upper separators. j p

Instead of arranging the separators so that the records are insertedhorizontally, I

may if preferred, mount them in a drawer or other open top receptacle,into which the records are inserted in a vertical plane, as will beapparent from Fig. 4. In this instance, the separators 12, theirsupporting rods 14 and 15 and the separator 16 are similar in allrespectsto those previously de scribed, except that the supportingrodsare mounted in the same horizontal planeand the spaced edges 13 of theseparators are disposed horizontally instead of vertically. In thisconstruction, in order to facilitate se lection and removal of therecords, I prefer to mount a centrally disposed triangular strip 24,which when a record is introduced into the container will cause therecord to move laterally of the cabinet into-either the positionindicated by reference character 25 or that indicated by referencecharacter 26. The records in the cabinet may bereadily removed from oneof these positions to the other, and if disposed in alternation morespace is left between the projecting edges of the records so that theymay be easily grasped by the fingers and with'drawn'from the containerwhen desired. -This construction also permits of greater capacity byusing thinner spacers than would be possible should space be left forthev fingers when grasping the record. 7 7

Attention is now directed to Fig. 3 which The central molding strip 23shows the records at the bottom of the holder in two positions indicatedby characters 27 and 28. The former is the normal position to which therecords gravitate when placed in the holder; the latter shows theposition to which the records ateach side of any selected record aremoved when removing such selected record. In other words, the'records onboth sides of the desired recordmay beraised or pushed backs wardly andupwardly by the fingers in the act of removing the desired interposedrecord. This will be obvious, since when the separated relation, onethat protects them against injury resulting from insertion or withdrawalof the records, one which will accommodate itself to records of variousthicknesses and one which holds'the records in readily accessibleposition for removal.

Those embodiments of my invention which I have shown on the drawingshave been se-v lected merely as illustrative, and obviously theinvention may be embodied in structures differing materially from those.shown and described without departing from the es; sence of theinvention as defined in the fol lowing claims. j

I claim: r v 1. A disk record holder comprising a case having an openside providing a passageway through which the records are adapted to bepassed, a pair of, stringer rods Within the case reaching across and inproximity to said open side at the ends of the record passageway,flexible record partitions supported Wholly at their front ends on saidrods,

spacers; on the rods between the partitions,

the rear ends of the partitions within the case being free to swing andflex laterally, and means for supporting :records in the case with oneedge projecting beyond the front ends of the partitions.

2. A diskrecord holder comprising a case having an open side providing apassageway through which the records are adapted to be passed, a pair ofstringer rods within the case reaching across and in proximity to saldopen side at the ends of the record paswholly at their front ends onsaid rods, each with its front edge disposed forwardly of W the rods andits rear portion free to swing and flex laterally. within the case, afelt sageway, flexible record partitions supported sheathing for saidfront edge only of each partition, and means for supporting records inthe case with one edge projecting beyond the felt covered ends of thepartitions.

3. A disk record holder comprising a case having an open side providinga passageway through which the records are adapted to be passed, a pairof stringer rods within the case reaching across and in proximity tosaid open side at the ends of the record passageway, record partitionsand interposed spacers on said rods, and means for supporting therecords in the case with one edge projecting beyond the front ends ofthe partitions including a fulcrum bar upon which the records at theside of any selected record may be moved on said bar to facilitateremoval of the selected record.

4. A disk record holder comprising a case having an open side providinga passageway through which the records are adapted to be passed, a pairof stringer rods within the case reaching across and in proximity tosaid open side at the ends of the record passageway, record partitionsand spacers on the rods, the records being supported in the case in partby one of said rods, and a retaining strip across the face of said openside of the case, and cooperating with the front edges of the partitionsfor preventing outward displacement of said rod.

' 5. A disk record holder comprising a case having an open sideproviding a passageway through which the records are adapted to bepassed, a pair of stringer rods within the case reaching across and inproximity to said open side at the ends of the record passageway, recordpartitions and spacers on said rods, means for supporting the recordswithin the case leaving an edge projecting beyond the front edges of thepartitions, the records being retained against edgewise displacement inone direction by one of said rods, and a retaining strip across the faceof said open side for preventing outward displacement of said rod.

CARL W. PIERSON.

